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Increasing Your Employee Motivation

Jon Belsher is an accomplished business healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience. In his presentation, Jon talks about ways to increase employee motivation through friendly competition and appreciation in the workplace.

Increasing Your Employee Motivation

1.
INCREASING
MOTIVATION:
THE REWARD SYSTEMS OF
COMPETITION AND APPRECIATION
By Jon Belsher

2.
SOMETIMES IT
CAN BE
DIFFICULT
to motivate your employees if business is
slow. There are other factors for low
motivation too, such as the season or
personal matters. How can you increase
your employees’ motivation? Two
important tactics are friendly
competition and employee appreciation.

3.
FRIENDLY
COMPETITION
can be a source of motivation for
employees to succeed at work. Charles
M. Schwab, an American steel magnate
known for making Bethlehem Steel and
becoming the second-largest
steelmaker in the U.S., once said, “the
way things get done is to stimulate
competition.” Schwab encouraged a
friendly rivalry between the day and
night shifts at Bethlehem Steel by
writing each shift’s production numbers
on the mill floor. This helped increase
overall production since both shifts were
trying to outperform the other.

4.
IN TODAY’S
BUSINESS
REALM
competition can encourage innovation
and creativity. It encourages employees
to think and act outside of their comfort
zone. It also can help employees
become more productive by performing
in potentially new and innovative ways..

5.
HERE ARE A FEW
SUGGESTIONS TO ENCOURAGE
FRIENDLY COMPETITION
AMONG YOUR EMPLOYEES:
Employees who have the most sales each month receive gift
cards to their favorite restaurants.
Employees receive a raffle ticket for each sale they make.
Employees who outline the best business solution(s) of the
quarter, year, etc. receives a bonus.

6.
AS FOR
EMPLOYEE
APPRECIATION,
competition can encourage innovation
and creativity. It encourages employees
to think and act outside of their comfort
zone. It also can help employees
become more productive by performing
in potentially new and innovative ways..

8.
YOU CAN EMPLOY APPRECIATION
TACTICS WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES
AS WELL. HERE ARE SOME WAYS
TO DO SO:
Birthday shoutouts.
Recognizing an employee for a job well done on a particularly
difficult project.
Ordering a catered lunch to express your appreciation to your
employees.
Featuring an employee in your monthly or quarterly newsletter
who did something truly spectacular for your company.

9.
EMPLOYEES
NEED TO BE
MOTIVATED.
At the same time, they like to feel
appreciated and want to see the
difference they are making in their
organization and be recognized for it.
Whether you’re in the steel business or
healthcare, friendly competition and
rewards’ systems can be beneficial for
your employees’ well-being and
motivation which ultimately leads to
improved retention.

10.
VISIT
JONBELSHER.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP